1. SATS 2016
May 9th- May 12th

2. Timetable:
Monday 9th May: Reading Test – pupils can have a scribe or a transcript after the test but it is not possible to provide a reader for this test for reading either the questions or the text provided.
Tuesday 10th May: SPAG – Consists of a grammar and punctuation test followed by a spelling test. For the Grammar test a reader, scribe, transcript can all be provided if pupils meet the required criteria.
Wednesday 11th May: Maths Paper 1 – Arithmetic and Maths Paper 2 – reasoning. For the Maths test a reader, scribe, transcript can all be provided if pupils meet the required criteria.
Thursday 12th May: Maths Paper 3 – Reasoning. For the Maths test a reader, scribe, transcript can all be provided if pupils meet the required criteria.

3. During the tests:
Except for the reading test, all pupils can ask the staff present to read a question to them as many times as needed
Staff can’t explain the meanings of words or re-word anything in the test, they can only read the exact wording, they can’t remind pupils of anything either e.g. do you remember when we used Numicon to…, staff can’t explain the meaning of a word e.g. What does reflect mean?
All required equipment is provided – pupils do not need to bring any additional equipment, there is a list of required equipment for each test from the DFE which must be followed, no additional equipment is allowed, in some tests this has included rubbers – pupils are expected to put a line through their work and re-write answers
Reminders of the amount of time left will be provided to pupils throughout the test

4. Last year and in previous years pupils have been given levels such as a Level 3,4 or 5 with level 4 being the national expectation for pupils in Y6 to meet. This has now changed.
-Levels no longer exist and are not reported to parents
-The curriculum is now very different so we can’t convert new score in to the old levels
The new tests will be marked externally and a scaled score will be provided for each pupil. Schools do not know what the pass mark is, the SATs papers will be marked, average scores will be found and then a pass mark will be decided by the DFE.
-Barriers
With not knowing a pass mark pupils are not aware whether they are meeting required standards or how many more marks are needed to get there: All schools nationally are in the same position.

5. Preparing pupils for the tests:
-Breakfast club for Y6 will be run providing cereals, toast and drinks to help settle pupils in the morning before moving to complete the tests.
-Some pupils will be completing the tests in rooms with less people to aid concentration
-Classrooms will look very different, nothing is allowed to be displayed – this must all be covered or removed so there are no prompts for pupils when sitting tests
-Pupils have been completing old papers to highlight areas of strength and areas for development when in a test situation. There is only one example of the new tests available which pupils have also accessed
-Wednesday after school Maths groups

6. Grammar and Punctuation Questions:

7. Types of spellings pupils will be asked

8. Maths questions - Arithmetic

9. Maths Questions - Reasoning

10. Reading Questions